Busy Worker Despite the Heat - (enlarge)

These little guys never stop, never take a sick day, never a vacation. Time is honey...

 

Well done Gail, I like the separation of this image, the worker locked in his environment 

The summer here in Southern Ontario has been fraught with high

temperatures and when factoring the Humidex - many days have

been in the high 30's (Cel) or some close to 40 deg. C. I often

wonder how insects survive this heat. (one more topic to investigate

on the internet). This Bumble Bee is about the 5th I think I have seen

this summer. The ever decreasing numbers continue to alarm.

Within the last 2 weeks, Summerville, in South Carolina had an

alarming occurrence. Naled was being sprayed early in the morning

to combat Zika. Normally Naled does not kill Honey Bees, but on this

particular morning, on one farm, the plane passed over twice. While

the County is said to have given farmers warning - perhaps it was

miscommunication ? I do not know for sure - but 46 Hives died on

this farm, the equivalent to 2.5 million honey bees. How devastating

for the owners - their livelihood - gone within minutes - but the article

I read spoke about the owners truly grieving for the Bees. I am sure

this is not just a Business - but also a Labour of Love - one that

certainly touches all of us when it comes to our 'Food Supply'.

These hives were 'casualties' of the fight to combat the Zika/West

Nile Virus. I am certainly rethinking just how we will have to survive

in the very near future. Certainly is scary. In a very short time we

have been faced with a very unexpected dilemma - one that I never

would have imagined in my life time.

 

 

I've entered this image under Macro - when we do get back to the

New System, I do not think there is a Insect Category.

Gail...

Nice capture of the bee and some very nice post-processing as well.  

My you are quick !!!  You are right - they never do seem to take a rest.  I find when I watch the bees - especially when a honey bee is close to a Bumble Bee - they seem to keep their distance - and they soon know which flower has already been visited.  They just seem to pop in and out they go!! (no help to me of course!!)  I find them fascinating.   I have to admit in this shot - the background was very plain and boring so I layered another image that I had taken at the same Garden Centre, at a lower Opacity in the background.  I can't believe it is September already.  I hope you have enjoyed a good summer Tony - many thanks for your visit! 

Hi Bill - thanks so much for your visit and thoughts shared.  Where did summer go?

Very nice shot Gail. Great detail on the bee. I like the counterbalance in this shot.

Heartbreaking written introduction to this pic.  

I love the composition and the counterpoint as well.  It's like the pink softness of a hazy summer is vanishing in the background, and in sharp brilliance, the later summer flower and that busy bee.

 

I hope PN does not reload their new version.  I really hate it.

 

But I love this.

Hi Donna,

I really appreciated your comments about this image.  Yes, so heartbreaking about the bees.....and who knows how many others were killed. 

I am glad that this version is back for however long - perhaps they launched the new version too soon.  I imagine it has cost a lot to develop it - there are some other sites that work - but they always have drawbacks. For us here we are so used to this interface that the new one sure was a puzzle - I could not even upload a new Avatar - just wouldn't work.  All info lost about my images. I found I was not going on the site because it was too frustrating.  So maybe the people who are not happy with this site - will find it not so bad in retrospect. Hope school is going well this first week back.

thanks so much Charles - I appreciate hearing from you :) will  have to visit you back - I have not spent nearly enough time online.

your story touch us very close as Dade County is under Zika alarm for the last 3 month and we are all very concern, my niece is pregnant and we are terrified. Thank you for bringing awareness to a life situation that is very real!!! Warm regards.

Nice composition and treatment Gail. Thanks for your reply. I am also having a difficult time isolating the image where your comment generated my reply. Hard to imagine you being camera shy!

a beautiful image

Two worlds, brought together. Isn't that a miraculous find and at the same time piece of art?

best regards,

Herman

 

 

A very nice composition, I appreciate your comment, ciao Giangiorgio

Gail,

  Beautiful creative image with wonderful processing.  Take care, Patsy

Excellent shot! I particularly like how you layered(???) he background pale flower in here. Just marvelous.

Difficult and "damned if you do and damned if you don't" business with Zika. Of course the answer is to get a safe and very effective vaccine for it. Sadly, that can't be created by a few key strokes on a sophisticated computer (though it helps) or by wishful thinking. It'll come....but when??

Gail, we have made the same observations, few bumblebees this year, but we can see them on our flowers, just not as many as other years, no yellow jackets, no sand hornets and just isolated regular hornets. We did not expect this after a mild winter! Glad you are posting again.

Lovely composition and post processing of this beautiful image!

Beautilfull work !

Gail,

Excellent composition with beautiful colors and micro!

Best. Tina

Terrible news, ay!  the pic is excellent, hope we fix the problem. Abrazos. 

It's nice to have you back after too long an absence. You missed all the excitement with the introduction and quick demise of photo.net 2.0. Those were revolutionary days with banners held aloft and much shouting from the roof tops. But now peace - perhaps temporary - has descended on our little community and we can turn our attention to the birds and the bees again as you have done with this lovely concoction. As always, beautifully imagined and executed.

 

I read your accompanying remarks only after posting my comment. It's certainly a sad story. We have created a world with such complex and interrelated parts that we can't seem to take any kind of action without upsetting the apple cart somewhere else. Everything we do has ramifications. whether you're talking government policy, business decisions or personal acts of malice or kindness. Sometimes it does seem pretty bleak but at least we can still effect and influence what happens in the sphere of our own life to some extent.

So this is where you hang out!  I love this shot, especially the way the pale flower on the right offers a counterpoint to the main action on the left.

 

--Lannie

thanks so much for your visit!!  believe me - I am Camera Shy - I literally 'despise' getting my photo taken - I'm a case of 'Camera Shy' gone bad LOL !!  I'm not in too many Family Photos that's for sure.

well, me and my Macro Lens seem to get along well - I just love the 'intimate world of Macro/Close Up Photography - so glad you liked this one!